Chapter 321 Bat Mount

Hot Sand Port is in Tanaris. Ratchet II departs from Exile Port and needs to return to the Barrens by the original route, and then continue south to reach its destination.

Before reaching the Barrens, you must first pass through the Echo Islands.

Yang Yi didn't want to waste time making a big detour, so he chose to cross the Echo Islands Strait at night.

I thought that sailing at night could avoid complications, but I didn't expect that my luck was not good this time.

When Ratchet II was halfway through the strait, a row of fast-moving sparks appeared in the night sky ahead.

Navigator Talley had been using [Eagle Eye] to observe the surrounding situation. He immediately sounded the alarm after seeing the sparks.

"There is a team of bat riders ahead, and they are holding incendiary bombs in their hands." Talley shouted loudly.

After receiving the alarm, Yang Yi also used [Eagle Eye] to take a look, and it was indeed a team of troll bat riders holding incendiary bombs.

The fuel of the incendiary bomb is limited, and it must be thrown as soon as possible after ignition.

The distance between this team of bat riders and Ratchet II is a little far, and the target of the incendiary bomb is not Ratchet II.

The bat mount swooped down, and the troll knights threw the incendiary bombs in their hands into the sea.

The incendiary bombs fell down with a whirring sound, and most of them fell into the sea, stirring up a little waves and then being swallowed by the waves.

Under the light of the incendiary bombs, you can see that there are more than a dozen wooden boats on the sea, heading towards the Echo Islands in the dark.

One of the incendiary bombs happened to fall on a wooden boat, and the wooden boat instantly caught fire, and the people on the boat quickly jumped into the sea to escape.

After the first dive attack, the bat mount climbed up again into the air, and then organized the formation and dived down again with incendiary bombs.

This time the troll knight has confirmed the location of the target, and more incendiary bombs fell on the wooden boat.

The people on the wooden boat either bent their bows or raised their guns to counterattack the troll bat knights who dived down.

"From the shape, it seems that the wooden boat of our Darkspear trolls was attacked." Talley said after observing the battle for a while.

Talley himself is a member of the Darkspear trolls and is very familiar with this.

"Trolls fighting trolls?" Yang Yi asked, "Are the two sides different trolls?"

Yang Yi knew that the trolls in the world of Azeroth had many branches, and each branch was divided into many clans, which was much more complicated than the Murloc clan.

"No, both sides were Darkspear trolls." Talley answered.

"Are they all Darkspear trolls? Did the Darkspear trolls fight among themselves?" Yang Yi asked.

"It was the witch doctor Zalazane, who betrayed the leader Vol'jin. Zalazane now lives on the Echo Islands, which were once the home of our Darkspear trolls. Zalazane constantly sent his minions from there to the mainland, using witchcraft to control our compatriots and turn them into witchcraft slaves." Talley said.

"The Zalazane you are talking about is also a troll from the Darkspear clan, and these troll bat riders are his minions?" Yang Yi asked.

"Yes, Zalazane is a troll from our Darkspear clan. He and the leader Vol'jin were good friends who grew up together. These troll bat riders were deprived of their free will by Zalazane's dark magic and were forced to obey his orders and serve him. Zalazane's troops continued to expand, and the number of Darkspear trolls with free will became fewer and fewer. Leader Vol'jin was afraid that all clan members would become Zalazane's witchcraft slaves, so he led the Darkspear tribe members who still had free will to abandon the Echo Islands and establish Sen'jin Village." Talley said.

Yang Yi had a rough understanding after listening. It turned out that there was a traitor named Zalazane among the Darkspear trolls, and this traitor occupied the Echo Islands. The troll bat rider who destroyed Ratchet One was not from Sen'jin Village, but a minion of Zalazane.

Yang Yi remembered that after Ratchet One sank, the fishmen in the town clamored to kill all the bats and roast them to avenge Ratchet One. Because Ratchet was fighting the Blackfin Murlocs at the time, Yang Yi asked Benbolba to take out a small notebook and write down the grudge of the Darkspear Trolls sinking Ratchet One.

"Every grievance has its perpetrator. Since we have met, I will let you know that the Murlocs of Ratchet are not easy to bully!"

Yang Yi called Captain Mojitov over and asked him to prepare for battle.

Many Murloc sailors of Ratchet Two had worked on Ratchet One, and many of them escaped from the destroyed Ratchet One. When they heard that they were going to fight the Troll Bat Rider, they screamed and tried their best to take revenge.

Ratchet Two filled the sails and headed towards the battlefield.

Soon, the Troll Bat Rider in the air found the two-masted sailing ship.

The Troll Bat Rider regarded all approaching ships as enemies, and they also included Ratchet Two in the target of the incendiary bombs.

Compared with those wooden ships, Ratchet Two is a much bigger target.

The Troll Bat Rider dived towards Ratchet II. In order to avoid being hit by arrows or bullets on the ship, the Troll Bat Rider deliberately maintained a high altitude during the dive, ensuring that he was out of the range of bows and muskets.

When approaching the sky above Ratchet II, the Troll Bat Rider dropped the incendiary bomb in advance, intending to use the inertia to make the incendiary bomb fall on Ratchet II.

The Troll Bat Rider had air superiority and they thought they were safe.

However, the reality was not the case.

When the Troll Bat Rider dropped the incendiary bomb from the air, three bright sparks suddenly appeared on the deck of Ratchet II.

Bang, bang, bang.

Three super fireworks launchers specially made by Dr. Vivier launched fireworks at almost the same time, and the target of the fireworks was the swooping Troll Bat Rider.

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Boom, boom, boom.

The fireworks exploded beside the Troll Bat Rider, and dazzling golden fireworks bloomed in the night sky.

People sailing on the sea can see that the golden fireworks formed three large smiling fish-man heads, which looked lifelike and very exciting.

It was a pity that the Troll Bat Riders in it did not have the blessing of enjoying the wonderful fireworks show. First, the huge roar of the fireworks exploded made them deaf, and then the dazzling light of the fireworks made them dizzy.

Compared with the blow suffered by the Troll Knights, the bat mounts under their feet were more frightened.

The bat mounts were frightened out of control and flapped their wings in the air.

Some Troll Knights did not grab the reins and fell from the air into the sea.

Those troll knights who had finally managed to control their mounts quickly pulled the reins and let the bats flee away from Ratchet II.

After a successful attack, the murlocs in Ratchet Town did not intend to let these troll bat riders go. In order to avenge Ratchet I, the murloc engineer controlled the fireworks bouquet launcher and continued to launch fireworks bouquets in the direction of the troll bat riders' escape.

Boom, boom, boom...

The murloc engineer shot all the fireworks bouquets in the launcher into the air and then stopped.

At this time, there was no troll bat in the air. Several bat mounts lost control and fell into the sea, and the rest fled in panic.

The murloc sailors on Ratchet II cheered for the victory.

"The sail was hit by an incendiary bomb, put out the fire quickly!" Captain Mojitov shouted quickly.

The murloc sailors saw the sail on fire and hurried to fetch water to put out the fire.

Burning oil cannot be put out with water. The harder the fishman sailors tried to pour water, the more fierce the fire became.

The sails of Ratchet II were burning fiercely, and the entire mast was burned.

Fortunately, the fire did not spread to the deck, otherwise Ratchet II would sink in the Echo Islands Strait again.

"Mayor, the sails are all burned. Without sails, Ratchet II can only be driven by rowers, and it can't go far." Captain Mojitov ran over and said to Yang Yi.

There are rowers on Ratchet II, but it mainly relies on sails to move. Without sails, it loses its main power.

"Dock on the shore and repair the sails first." Yang Yi said.

"Mayor, are we going to the shore over there?" Captain Mojitov asked.

Ratchet II is now floating in the middle of the strait, with Senjin Village and Echo Islands on both sides.

Yang Yi observed and found that the fleet attacked by the Troll Bat Rider was taking the opportunity to sail towards the Echo Islands, which was the territory of the Darkspear Troll traitor witch doctor Zalazane.

It was obvious that the Echo Islands would usher in a big battle next.

Yang Yi did not intend to get involved in the matter, so he asked Mojitov to command Ratchet II to sail towards Senjin Village.

The fishman rowers paddled hard, and Ratchet II moved forward with difficulty in the waves.

Not long after moving forward, the navigator Talley discovered something strange.

"A burnt wooden boat was found ahead, with a bat on it." Talley shouted.

Yang Yi heard the shout and ran to the bow. He saw the wreckage of the wooden boat floating less than a hundred meters ahead. The wreckage rose and fell with the waves, and a black animal was lying on it.

Looking closely, it was the big bat ridden by the Troll Bat Rider.

This bat mount seemed to have been injured in the previous battle and could no longer fly.

"Quick, go and catch that bat back on the boat, alive." Yang Yi ordered.

It was easy to catch a wounded bat floating on the sea.

Ratchet II approached the wreckage of the wooden boat, and several fishmen cast fishnets on the side of the boat, and then the fishmen sailors jumped off the boat, and the bat mount, which had nowhere to escape, was lifted onto the deck of Ratchet II by all means.

Yang Yi walked in and took a look. At this time, the bat mount was drenched in sea water, and it looked like a big drowned rat.

"Mayor, the right leg of this bat was injured. It should have been hit by the exploding fireworks." Talley said.

Although the power of fireworks explosions is not as strong as dynamite, it can also cause considerable damage if it is close to the explosion point. Yang Yi deeply experienced this when the first fireworks show had an accident. At that time, many fishmen were injured in the Ratchet Town.

"Since this big bat is injured, should we kill it and grill it?" Mojitov said after wiping his saliva.

Mojitov's proposal won the hearts of the fishmen, and the other fishmen crew members of Ratchet II were already drooling.

"Mayor, bat mounts are a scarce resource, it would be a pity to kill them and eat them." Talley quickly stopped these greedy fishmen.

Yang Yi was of course reluctant to kill this big bat, it was a flying mount, and killing it and grilling it was really a waste of resources.

"No, it will be the mayor's mount in the future. The mayor finally has a flying mount, wow haha." Yang Yi laughed happily.

"Does the mayor know how to fly?" Talley immediately poured a basin of cold water on Yang Yi.

"Uh, no." Yang Yi said, "It's okay, at most the mayor can spend money to hire a driver who knows how to fly."